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Spring statement in full: Watch Rachel Reeves announce benefits cuts and £2.2bn defence boost

Watch as Rachel Reeves delivers her spring statement on the state of the UK economy on Wednesday, 26 March.

The Independent UK

Local census trans numbers should not be used, says official statistics body

The data was downgraded last year amid concern some respondents may not have understood the question properly due to language barriers.

The Independent UK

Welsh supermarkets to be banned from displaying junk food near tills

The Senedd has agreed to implement new rules on how and where foods high in fat, salt and sugar can be promoted in Welsh supermarkets from March 2026.

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Live: UK growth forecast halved to 1%, Rachel Reeves says

The Chancellor blamed ‘increased global uncertainty’ as the watchdog warned she would have missed her goal of balancing the books without action.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement to Unveil Game-Changing National Living Wage Boost

From April 1, millions of workers across the UK are set to see a bit more cash in their pay packets, thanks to a bump in the National Living Wage.

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John Healey challenged over £2.2bn defence boost as benefits to be slashed further

John Healey was challenged on whether national defence comes “even before the most vulnerable in society” as Rachel Reeves is set to cut benefits further in her spring statement on Wednesday, 26 March, while defence will see a boost in spending.

The Independent UK

Spring Statement 2025: More benefits cuts and crackdown on tax avoiders announced as growth forecast halved

Rachel Reeves confirmed the Office for Budget Responsibility had revised the UK’s growth forecast for 2025 from 2% in the autumn to just 1% today

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Vistry cheers Labour’s affordable homes pledge after profits slump

The housebuilder saw pre-tax profits plunge 64% to £104.9 million in a ‘challenging’ 2024.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves set to announce further benefit cuts in Spring Statement

RACHEL Reeves is expected to announce further cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday, with more funding for the welfare budget expected to be…

The National (Scotland)

Reeves says poverty figures from spring statement cuts don’t take into account impact of getting people into work – as it happened

More than 3 million families will lose out as a result of sweeping cuts to welfare, official analysis shows

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves ‘set to impose further welfare cuts worth £500m’

The Office for Budget Responsibility is said to have rejected the Treasury’s saving estimates from last week’s welfare cuts, paving the way for even more difficult choices

The Independent UK

UK inflation falls by more than anticipated, in a boost to the government ahead of a key statement

Official figures show price rises in the U.K. moderated by more than anticipated in February, in a boost for Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before she delivers a statement to lawmakers about the state of the public finances

The Independent UK

UK Set To Cut Public Spending By Billions Of Pounds

Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to detail billions of pounds of spending cuts in her Spring Statement on Wednesday to address the country's ailing public finances.

International Business Times

Reeves poised to make further welfare cuts as budget watchdog gives its verdict

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will acknowledge she needs to go ‘further and faster to kickstart growth’ in her spring statement .

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University fined £585,000 for failing to uphold free speech

The Office for Students found the University of Sussex had failed to uphold freedom of speech

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Inflation falls to 2.8% in boost for Rachel Reeves ahead of spring statement

The chancellor is set to deliver her spring statement later on Wednesday

The Independent UK

UK inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.8% in boost for Reeves

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 2.8% in February from 3% in January, the Office for National Statistics said.

Evening Standard

Rate of inflation falls to 2.8% amid high street fashion price war

Official figures in prices come just hours before the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

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Stock market today: Asian markets make modest advance after a slow day on Wall Street

Asian markets are mostly higher after Wall Street followed up one of its best days of the last year with a quiet day of trading

The Guardian - UK

Odds of Bank of England interest rate cut strengthen as inflation falls to 2.8%

Bigger-than-forecast decline in annual rate in February is positive news for Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK

Chances of May interest rate cut rise after UK inflation falls to 2.8% – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as pound dips after February’s inflation report

The Guardian - UK

Five economic factors that will govern Rachel Reeves’s spring statement

The chancellor will deliver her spring statement on Wednesday, warning of tough spending cuts amid rising government borrowing costs

The Guardian - UK

Good morning Britain – prepare to be told yet again that decline is all you deserve

It’s Groundhog Day: the party may change but even under Labour, the script remains stubbornly the same, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Independent UK

Ask political columnist Andrew Grice anything on Rachel Reeves’ spring budget

ASK ME ANYTHING: The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice is here to answer your questions about Rachel Reeves’ spring statement and its potential impact on the economy

The National (Scotland)

SNP urge Rachel Reeves to 'ditch Tory fiscal rules' instead of Spring Statement cuts

Rachel Reeves has sought to blame deteriorating public finances on a global rise in borrowing costs as she prepares to unveil a spring statement…

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